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CHICAGO BLUES @ PITTSBURGH MECHANICS
05/28/1917
 
TOP OF THE 1ST
Chicago Blues batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Mechanics : RHP Leroy Budimir
Pitching: RHP Leroy Budimir
Batting: LHB Evan Huggett 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 85 MPH)
Batting: RHB Henry Sander 0-0: Sac Bunt to 3S - play at first, batter OUT! 3-1
Evan Huggett to second
Batting: RHB Art Williams 0-0: Reached via error on a dropped throw from 1B, E1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 58 MPH)
Evan Huggett to third
Batting: RHB Charlie Shanafelt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2LF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Art Williams to second
Batting: LHB Steve Roelofs 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56, EV 73 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bob Wojtkiewicz 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 91 MPH)
Evan Huggett scores
Art Williams to third
Charlie Shanafelt to second
Batting: RHB Jack Holmes 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD, EV 99 MPH)
Top of the 1st over - 1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors, 3 left on base; Chicago 1 - Pittsburgh 0
BOTTOM OF THE 1ST
Pittsburgh Mechanics batting - Pitching for Chicago Blues : RHP Russ Hoover
Pitching: RHP Russ Hoover
Batting: LHB Dobie Barton 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Line Drive, 7D, EV 85 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Raymond 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 9, EV 79 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Bombardier 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Dave Raymond to second
Batting: RHB Dave Kingsley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3F
0-1: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MS, EV 66 MPH)
Dave Raymond to third
Mike Bombardier to second
Batting: LHB Charlie Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 103 MPH)
Bottom of the 1st over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Chicago 1 - Pittsburgh 0
TOP OF THE 2ND
Chicago Blues batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Mechanics : RHP Leroy Budimir
Batting: RHB Irwin Brown 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4MS, EV 65 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: RHB Russ Hoover 0-0: Bunted foul
0-1: Ball
1-1: Bunted foul
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 23FF
1-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 64 MPH)
Irwin Brown to second
Batting: LHB Evan Huggett 0-0: Ground out 1-3 (Groundball, 13S, EV 75 MPH)
Irwin Brown to third
Batting: RHB Henry Sander 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Art Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 97 MPH)
Top of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Chicago 1 - Pittsburgh 0
BOTTOM OF THE 2ND
Pittsburgh Mechanics batting - Pitching for Chicago Blues : RHP Russ Hoover
Batting: RHB Mike Bailey 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 23F, EV 40 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Ellis 0-0: Ball
1-0: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 25F, EV 54 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Cooley 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-2: Fly out, F5 (Line Drive, 56, EV 97 MPH)
Bottom of the 2nd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 1 - Pittsburgh 0
TOP OF THE 3RD
Chicago Blues batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Mechanics : RHP Leroy Budimir
Batting: RHB Charlie Shanafelt 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 73 MPH)
Batting: LHB Steve Roelofs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Foul Ball, location: 5FF
3-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 3S, EV 84 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bob Wojtkiewicz 0-0: Ball
1-0: Single, Error in OF, E8, batter to second base (Groundball, 6MD, EV 81 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Holmes 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Strikes out swinging
Top of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on base; Chicago 1 - Pittsburgh 0
BOTTOM OF THE 3RD
Pittsburgh Mechanics batting - Pitching for Chicago Blues : RHP Russ Hoover
Batting: RHB Leroy Budimir 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 78M, EV 80 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dobie Barton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 25F
0-1: Called Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Dave Raymond 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ball
1-1: Bunt missed!
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Dobie Barton to second
Batting: LHB Mike Bombardier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ball
1-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 3-6 (Groundball, 3S, EV 81 MPH)
Dobie Barton to third
Batting: RHB Dave Kingsley 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5L, EV 48 MPH)
Bottom of the 3rd over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Chicago 1 - Pittsburgh 0
TOP OF THE 4TH
Chicago Blues batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Mechanics : RHP Leroy Budimir
Batting: RHB Irwin Brown 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
1-1: Reached on error, E5 (Groundball, 56S, EV 106 MPH)
Batting: RHB Russ Hoover 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 7LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Reached on error, E3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 55 MPH)
Irwin Brown to second
Batting: LHB Evan Huggett 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RS, EV 84 MPH)
Irwin Brown to third
Russ Hoover to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by CF and OUT! 8-2
Batting: RHB Henry Sander 0-0: Fly out, F4 (Popup, 4M, EV 44 MPH)
Batting: RHB Art Williams 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 5D, EV 89 MPH)
Russ Hoover to third
Evan Huggett to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by LF to home
Batting: RHB Charlie Shanafelt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 34D, EV 109 MPH)
Evan Huggett to third
Art Williams to second
Throwing error, E9
Evan Huggett scores
Art Williams to third
Charlie Shanafelt to second
Batting: LHB Steve Roelofs 0-0: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6S, EV 79 MPH)
Art Williams scores
Charlie Shanafelt to third
Batting: RHB Bob Wojtkiewicz 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Called Strike
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 56, EV 59 MPH)
Top of the 4th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 4 errors, 2 left on base; Chicago 4 - Pittsburgh 0
BOTTOM OF THE 4TH
Pittsburgh Mechanics batting - Pitching for Chicago Blues : RHP Russ Hoover
Batting: LHB Charlie Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mike Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Bunted foul
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 23F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 6MD, EV 111 MPH)
Charlie Johnson to second
Charlie Johnson to third
Batting: RHB Frank Ellis 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Fly out, F9 (Flyball, 9, EV 78 MPH)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw by RF
Batting: RHB Dave Cooley 0-0: Fly out, F7 (Flyball, 78M, EV 75 MPH)
Batting: RHB Leroy Budimir 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Swinging Strike
2-2: Ball
3-2: Strikes out looking
Bottom of the 4th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 4 - Pittsburgh 1
TOP OF THE 5TH
Chicago Blues batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Mechanics : RHP Leroy Budimir
Batting: RHB Jack Holmes 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Strikes out swinging
Batting: RHB Irwin Brown 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Russ Hoover 0-0: Sac Bunt to 23 - play at first, batter safe!
Irwin Brown to second
Batting: LHB Evan Huggett 0-0: Grounds into double play, 3-6-3 (Groundball, 3S, EV 79 MPH)
Top of the 5th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 4 - Pittsburgh 1
BOTTOM OF THE 5TH
Pittsburgh Mechanics batting - Pitching for Chicago Blues : RHP Russ Hoover
Batting: LHB Dobie Barton 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F6 (Line Drive, 56, EV 83 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Raymond 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 25, EV 50 MPH) (infield hit)
Batting: LHB Mike Bombardier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 56S, EV 66 MPH) (infield hit)
Dave Raymond to second
Batting: RHB Dave Kingsley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 5S, EV 53 MPH)
Dave Raymond to third
Mike Bombardier to second
Batting: LHB Charlie Johnson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 98 MPH)
Bottom of the 5th over - 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Chicago 4 - Pittsburgh 1
TOP OF THE 6TH
Chicago Blues batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Mechanics : RHP Leroy Budimir
Batting: RHB Henry Sander 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ground out 6-3 (Groundball, 6S, EV 81 MPH)
Batting: RHB Art Williams 0-0: Ground out U3 (Groundball, 34S, EV 77 MPH)
Batting: RHB Charlie Shanafelt 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 89 MPH)
Top of the 6th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 4 - Pittsburgh 1
BOTTOM OF THE 6TH
Pittsburgh Mechanics batting - Pitching for Chicago Blues : RHP Russ Hoover
Batting: RHB Mike Bailey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 106 MPH)
Batting: RHB Frank Ellis 0-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 71 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Cooley 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 89M, EV 102 MPH)
Batting: RHB Leroy Budimir 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 3FF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Strikes out swinging
Bottom of the 6th over - 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 4 - Pittsburgh 1
TOP OF THE 7TH
Chicago Blues batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Mechanics : RHP Leroy Budimir
Batting: LHB Steve Roelofs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-1: Ground out 3-1 (Groundball, 34S, EV 87 MPH)
Batting: RHB Bob Wojtkiewicz 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LDF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9D, EV 101 MPH)
Batting: RHB Jack Holmes 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89M, EV 85 MPH)
Top of the 7th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 4 - Pittsburgh 1
BOTTOM OF THE 7TH
Pittsburgh Mechanics batting - Pitching for Chicago Blues : RHP Russ Hoover
Batting: LHB Dobie Barton 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56S, EV 102 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Raymond 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: SINGLE (Groundball, 3D, EV 85 MPH)
Batting: LHB Mike Bombardier 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 98 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Kingsley 0-0: Called Strike
Dave Raymond steals 2nd base
0-1: Ball
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Batting: LHB Charlie Johnson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Foul Ball, location: 5F
1-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 78D, EV 87 MPH)
Dave Raymond to third
Dave Kingsley to second
Batting: RHB Mike Bailey 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Swinging Strike
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Dave Raymond scores
Dave Kingsley to third
Charlie Johnson to second
Pinch Hitting: LHB Mike Jackson 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Base on Balls
Dave Kingsley scores
Charlie Johnson to third
Mike Bailey to second
Pinch Hitting: RHB Dusty DePasse 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: SINGLE (Line Drive, 8RM, EV 81 MPH)
Charlie Johnson scores
Mike Bailey to third
Mike Jackson to second
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, throw by CF and OUT! 8-3-2
Bottom of the 7th over - 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base; Chicago 4 - Pittsburgh 4
TOP OF THE 8TH
Chicago Blues batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Mechanics : RHP Leroy Budimir
Now at SS: Rogelio Gomez
Now in CF: Jasper McNeely
Batting: RHB Irwin Brown 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 2F
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Reached on error, E6 (Groundball, 6, EV 54 MPH)
Batting: RHB Russ Hoover 0-0: Sac Bunt to 15 - play at second, runner OUT! 1-6
Batting: LHB Evan Huggett 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LMF
0-1: Fly out, F5 (Popup, 5, EV 49 MPH)
Pitching: RHP Randy Boroughs
Now in CF: Jack Linder
Pinch Hitting: LHB Ron Anderson 0-0: Ball
1-0: Swinging Strike
1-1: Called Strike
1-2: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 89D, EV 95 MPH)
Top of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 left on base; Chicago 4 - Pittsburgh 4
BOTTOM OF THE 8TH
Pittsburgh Mechanics batting - Pitching for Chicago Blues : RHP Russ Hoover
Now at 2B: Bill Wells
Batting: RHB Randy Boroughs 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 9LSF
0-1: Ball
1-1: Fly out, F2 (Popup, 23F, EV 50 MPH)
Batting: LHB Dobie Barton 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LD, EV 104 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Raymond 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Fly out, F9 (Line Drive, 9, EV 85 MPH)
Bottom of the 8th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base; Chicago 4 - Pittsburgh 4
TOP OF THE 9TH
Chicago Blues batting - Pitching for Pittsburgh Mechanics : RHP Randy Boroughs
Batting: RHB Art Williams 0-0: Swinging Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2RF
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ball
3-2: Hit by Pitch
Batting: RHB Charlie Shanafelt 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Bunted foul
0-2: Fielders Choice at 2nd, 1-4 (Groundball, P, EV 101 MPH)
Batting: LHB Steve Roelofs 0-0: Ball
1-0: Sac Bunt to 13S - play at first, batter OUT! 1-3
Charlie Shanafelt to second
Batting: RHB Bob Wojtkiewicz 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: Called Strike
2-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ball
3-2: SINGLE (Groundball, 4D, EV 104 MPH)
Charlie Shanafelt to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw by RF to home
Batting: RHB Jack Holmes 0-0: Fly out, F3 (Popup, 3F, EV 51 MPH)
Top of the 9th over - 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 5 - Pittsburgh 4
BOTTOM OF THE 9TH
Pittsburgh Mechanics batting - Pitching for Chicago Blues : RHP Russ Hoover
Now at 3B: Jim Allen
Batting: LHB Mike Bombardier 0-0: Foul Ball, location: 3SF
0-1: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8RM, EV 82 MPH)
Batting: RHB Dave Kingsley 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4MS, EV 98 MPH)
Batting: LHB Charlie Johnson 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Ball
3-1: Base on Balls
Batting: RHB Mike Bailey 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Swinging Strike
0-2: Foul Ball, location: 5SF
0-2: Ball
1-2: Ball
2-2: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4S, EV 59 MPH)
Bottom of the 9th over - 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on base; Chicago 5 - Pittsburgh 4
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